17 Honors students win spring 2021 URCA awards

Marco Agostini works with Dr. Kimberly Rogers while using the “clementine”, a device which measures sea water conductivity, temperature, and depth on Jeanette’s Pier in Nags Head, N.C. (Photo by Rhett Butler)

Seventeen of this year’s 33 Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity (URCA) Awards recipients for the Spring 2021 semester were Honors College students.

These awards fund research and creative projects led by undergraduates and are selected by East Carolina University’s Office of Undergraduate Research.

This year was the first year that an HNRS 4500 project, Find Your Voice, received funding from the URCA awards. The Find Your Voice team is Allie Jessee, Georgia Sasser, Emma Best, Olivia Jarvis, Gracie Talbert, and Claire Abercrombie.

Below are the spring 2021 URCA recipients from the Honors College:

Marco Agostini
Victoria Chan
Rachana Charla
Bronté Gerber
Savannah Harris
Bradley Kleinert
Ethan Knorr
Shea Middleton
Nainika Nandigama
Hunter Pigg
Georgia Sasser
Dana Shefet
Molli Sholar
Spencer Story
Anna Vassallo
Michelle Voyles
Kenneth Weddle

For more information about research at ECU, visit the Division of Research, Economic Development and Engagement website.